A genizah is a depository for Hebrew texts; genizah is Hebrew for "hiding place." Jewish law dictates that texts bearing the name of God should not be discarded, so they go into a genizah. In Fustat, the first capital of Egypt, just about every text was preserved. A thread...

There were way way more horseshoe crabs than people in Fortescue today.

Huzzah! "The British Are Coming" by Rick Atkinson will debut at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list. Meet the author and learn about the book when Atkinson appears at Washington Crossing Historic Park this Friday at 7:30 PM. Grab your tickets: …hingtoncrossingbrewfest.ticketbud.com/an-evening-wit…

We never tire of #MarbledMonday! Our copy of Amos Eateo’s Botanical Exercises (Albany, 1820) is bound in this beautiful marbled printed waste paper.

Amazing!!! Congrats to my wonderful friend & colleague Deborah Gussman <3

Today we welcome our 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian, Lonnie G. Bunch III. The founding director of Smithsonian’s NMAAHC, he is the first African American to lead the Smithsonian and the first historian elected Secretary. More on our new Secretary in Smithsonian Magazine: s.si.edu/2HWXkPy

As a word for a young pig, the word PIGLET only dates back to the mid 1800s. Before then, a young pig might be called a HOGLING (14thC), a PORKET (1550s), a HOG-BABE (1600s), or a GRUNTLING (1680s).

Grant deadlines extended! Deadlines for the NJ Cultural Trust FY 2020 Institutional and Financial Stabilization Grants for History and Humanities Organizations are now July 8 for DOI & August 8 for application. Guidelines & applications available at bit.ly/2x7Pr56.

We don't know who needs to hear this but we've digitized several slide rolls of cats in medieval manuscripts. bit.ly/2yPeZ7C #InternationalCatDay

Not bad, Rory McIlroy 👌🏼👌🏼 Congrats on a remarkable year, champ 🏆🏆🏆

We’re shining a light on this week’s #LibraryBookArt situation! Our Chief of Conservation, Jennifer Rosner, found this gorgeous geometric #Watermark while going through our copy of T.H. Saunders’ Illustrations of the British Paper Manufacture (London, 1855).

Alliance Heritage Center at Stockton announced: stockton.edu/news/2019/alli…

Early Jewish Farm Settlements comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/9/…

Farewell, South Jersey — but not goodbye inquirer.com/news/columnist… via The Philadelphia Inquirer

Thanks #ElonMusk. I’m back.

Good morning Twitter. Anything new today?

Have I missed anything exciting lately?